Sidley announced that John C. Godfrey has joined Sidley’s M&A and Private Equity practice as a partner in New York. Godfrey joins Sidley from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP where he served as a member of that firm’s M&A and PE practices. And this follows the addition of a team of 11 lawyers from Paul, Weiss in the last ten months.
Godfrey has over a decade of experience in public and private company sales and acquisitions, with a solid track record in platform strategies, roll-up strategies, divestitures, joint ventures, minority investments, and other complex strategic transactions on behalf of private equity investors.
Godfrey follows several lawyers who recently joined from his previous firm, including Jeffrey Kochian, Gerald Brant, Brittany Harrison, and Erika Cohen in New York, and Ramy Wahbeh, Kaisa Kuusk, Florian Kamp, and Tanya Indisova in London.
The firm’s preeminent global M&A and Private Equity practice has nearly 500 lawyers who are engaged in a full spectrum of public and private mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions across various industries like energy, life sciences, sports, entertainment, healthcare, real estate, consumer products, manufacturing, transportation and logistics, infrastructure, technology, media and telecoms, financial services and insurance, and metals and mining.
Sidley is an elite global law firm. With 2,300 lawyers, annual revenue of $3.1 billion, and experience that spans 158 years, the firm has established a reputation using Built to Win legal strategies in successfully representing clients in more than 70 countries on complex transactional, investigation, regulatory, and litigation matters.
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“By adding John to our M&A and PE practice, we will further expand our support of private equity clients and one of our existing bulge bracket private equity funds. His addition brings a combination of expertise, a track record of success, fresh perspectives, and enhanced client services to our practice.”
– Brian Fahrney, global co-leader of Sidley’s M&A and Private Equity practice group and a member of its Management and Executive Committees
“John’s experience supporting private equity and their portfolio companies makes him a great fit for our New York office and the continued growth of our client relationships. He has worked closely with several of our clients and lawyers, which will help him hit the ground running.”
– Nancy Chung, managing partner of Sidley’s New York office and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee
